CloudOps Engineer in Chantilly, Virginia at PDRI (Personnel Decisions Research Institutes LLC)

A premier software, research, and consulting firm in the field of industrial-organizational psychology, PDRI designs, develops and implements human resource solutions that incorporate the most recent advances in the behavioral sciences and adhere to the highest principles of professional practice.

      PDRI’s IT Services Division is seeking a talented, motivated Cloud Operations Engineer to join our IT Services department. This individual will be responsible for designing, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining secure cloud solutions in AWS.

      Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience in the IT field. Requires advanced knowledge of AWS and Linux administration.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

      1)    Configuration as code for infrastructure, system configuration, and application deployments

      2)    Design and deploy cloud solutions on AWS

      3)    Automate operations and maintenance activities

      4)    Review security scan reports and address findings

      5)    Apply patches, upgrades, and application deployments

      6)    Monitor application availability and aide in resolving operational issues

      7)    Other duties as assigned

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

      Required:

      •     Bachelor’s degree

      •     5+ years of experience with system administration of RPM-based Linux distributions (Amazon Linux, RHEL, CentOS, etc.)

      •     3+ years of automation experience with AWS cloud services (VPC, EC2, S3, CloudFormation, etc)

      •     Experience with fully automated infrastructure, system, and application deployment with technologies like CloudFormation or Terraform

      •     Experience with shell scripting

      •     Experience with government and industry security standards (CIS, STIG, or NIST 800-53) and remediating issues identified during security audits

      •     Experience with version control and CI/CD pipeline tools

      •     Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance

      Preferred:

      •     Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

      •     AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, DevOps Engineer – Professional, or Security – Specialty

      •     Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

      •     Experience with Ansible

      •     Experience with SELinux

PDRI offers a competitive salary and benefits, generous profit sharing and bonus programs, a flexible work environment, and opportunities to grow and advance in your career.

PDRI is an equal opportunity employer.All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

PDRI is a federal contractor employer, US Citizenship is required.